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Representing the 9th District of Florida

Health

Darren will fight to protect Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid for our seniors and our persons with disabilities to safeguard healthcare and financial security for the most vulnerable among us. Our seniors have paid into these programs their entire lives and have earned these benefits. Our disabled and their families need our help to give them a reasonable quality of life.

Darren also supports the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which reaffirms his belief that healthcare is a right for all Americans. This important legislation protects all Americans with pre-existing conditions, keeps all young people on their parents' health insurance until age 26, and protects all Americans from going broke if they get sick by prohibiting lifetime caps.

Florida's healthcare exchange has provided over 1.3 million Floridians with health insurance and is the largest federal exchange in the county. Floridians also received more healthcare subsidies than any other state.

Darren is open to improving or replacing the Act as long as the same number of people remain covered at the same or lower cost. However, Darren will oppose any repeal of the Act without replacement, since it would hurt countless Floridians and be catastrophic to our healthcare system.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Soto expressed opposition to Republicans’ latest Trumpcare legislation, which the Senate GOP hopes to rush to a vote next week. The Cassidy-Graham bill would likely lead to greater numbers of uninsured after 2026 and a new state-by-state report shows that the plan would rob $17 billion from Floridian’s health care by 2027 alone.

Kissimmee, Florida – –U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) and Darren Soto (FL-09) will be hosted a roundtable on Zika and other infectious diseases at the University of Central Florida’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences. During the roundtable, experts discussed the risks posed by these diseases, and what government, academia and the private sector are doing to help keep central Floridians safe.

Soto denounces the consideration of the repeal of Obamacare and supports bipartisan legislation. In Florida's 9th District, many families would be in danger of losing their insurance due to the potential Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal, making this a life or death issue. Congressman Soto spoke on the House floor to confront this pressing issue.

The video below begins with Congressman Soto explaining the skyrocketing premiums rising to 100% in 2026 and the 32 million people left uninsured if a replacement for Obamacare is not created.

KISSIMMEE, FL.- U.S. Representative Darren Soto (FL-09) will host a town hall in Polk County this Saturday June 3, 2017 at the Winter Haven City Commission chamber. Soto will be discussing the federal budget and the future of healthcare.